"Paper Maps could be a thing of the past now we've found these fabric alternatives. No more fighting with folds or rain-soaked paper, just scrunch it up and put it in your pocket. (You can personalise yours to feature anywhere on the globe.) We'd much rather live in a material world!"

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For businesses with a new idea finding your way can be tough. This map made of fabric is waterproof. It’s the idea of two mountain bikers and backed not by the banks but by people like you and me.

“If we’d just got the money from the bank we’d never have gained the feedback we needed on SplashMaps. We can be really proud of this product and our backers have been a cruicial part of our development process.”

Hampshire-based SplashMaps are amongst the first to receive finance using the US crowd funding website Kickstarter…..